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A Spotter's Guide to Selected Aircraft of World War II
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A Spotter's Guide to Selected Aircraft of World War II book is a fact-filled treasure of information covering all of the most active Axis and Allied planes in both European and Pacific theaters. History of manufacture, combat service, and technical specifications are included with each entry. Featured plans include: B-17 Flying Fortress B-24 Liberator F4F Wildcat F4U Corsair Hurricane ...and more!
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A Spotter's Guide to Selected Aircraft of World War II - Charles Nix
© 2011 by Scott & Nix, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.
Prepared by Scott & Nix, Inc.
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ISBN (ePub) 978-1-935622-38-3
ISBN (PDF) 978-1-935622-39-0
ISBN (Kindle) 978-1-935622-40-6
Contents
Preface
P-39 Aircobra
P-40 Warhawk
P-38 Lightning
F4F Wildcat
F4U Corsair
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-24 Liberator
B-25 Mitchell
PBY Catalina
OS2U King Fisher
TBF Avenger
Wellington
Stirling
Halifax
Boston
Defiant
Hudson
Sunderland
Whirlwind
Hurricane
Spitfire
Beaufighter
Ha 139
He 111
Me 110
Ju 87B Stuka
Fw 190
Fw 200 Kurier
Ju 88
Do 17
Ar 196
Me 109
He 115
C.200 Saetta
C.202 Folgore
D3A Val
A6M Zero
Ki-27 Nate
H6K Mavis
S.M. 85
Ki-21 Sally
G3M Betty
Ki-30 Ann
B5N Kate
Colophon
Preface
During World War II the United States Playing Card Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, produced multiple versions of Spotter Cards,
decks of playing cards aimed at helping soldiers and civilians in learning the characteristics of United Nations and Enemy Aircraft.
Stark, simplified representations of Allied and Axis aircraft, coupled with terse descriptions, begged players
to differentiate flying friend from flying foe.
To the modern viewer, the spotter silhouettes are abstract—sleek, but not particularly threatening. It’s easy to miss the fact that a plane like the Aircobra, pictured on the next page, was a fierce killing machine with a 34-ft wingspan. Or that an obsolete Japanese aircraft like the Ki-27 Nate
finished the war as a deadly Kamikaze bomb.
While in no way a definitive accounting, the following pages may provide a small window into the triumphs and tragedies in the struggle for air superiority during World War II.
United States
Bell
P-39 Aircobra
Fighter
The Aircobra had a massive 37mm M4
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